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Man threatens to burn tent

A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to stab another man and burn down a woman's tent at a camp established by homeless people off Lexington Road, Athens-Clarke police said.

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Upon meeting with officers at about 9:15 p.m., the victims said that 46-year-old Robert Vernon Lockhart, who goes by the nickname "Jamaica Man," had put a knife to a homeless man's face and threatened to kill him and vowed to burn down the tent at the camp, located off Lexington Road at the Athens Perimeter overpass, according to police.